Health Care Waiver Transparency Act

Summary

Health Care Waiver Transparency Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish detailed criteria used by the Secretary to approve a waiver, adjustment, or other compliance relief provided for under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, including how significant of a decrease in benefits or increase in premiums would need to occur in order to be approved for a waiver. Directs the Secretary to publish each application for a waiver and the approval or rejection of the waiver while ensuring the confidentiality of proprietary information of each applicant. Prohibits any preferential treatment to be given to an applicant based on political contributions or association with a labor union, a health plan provided for under a collective bargaining agreement, or another organized labor group.

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Timeline

1. 17 March 2011

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 17 March 2011

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 17 March 2011 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 17 March 2011

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 17 March 2011

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 17 March 2011

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Sponsors

• Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

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